Hello, I'm Oskars dad and I just wanted to pass my gratitude towards the whole 8BitDo team making this possible!
I also wanted to write that we, neither me nor 8BitDo, had any idea that DHL wanted to make a story about this together with BBC. It wasn't until we had tried like 3 to 4 prototypes they reached out.
I wrote to 8BitDo in May last year and actually received the first prototype of the gamepad within a month.. Really impressive tbh!... It wasn't until after the summer I believe that DHL got word of this project and they decided that they wanted to make a story about it as they were really moved by the true story. 8BitDo was really humble and asked if this was something me and Oskar was OK with - and that it was totally OK if we didn't want to do it. But we instantly felt that it was a win win win win situation. I got the opportunity raise awareness about SMA, we can hopefully reach out to a lot of people with the same "situation" as my son, and hopefully also inspire other companies in the gaming world making more accessible gadgets available! And I thought it would be an appropriate "thank you" towards 8BitDo for actually making this gamepad for my son – free of charge. Just the thought of them actually helping me and my son, two strangers from Sweden, it's so ... can't even find the right word for it.. I just love these guys! (I can also add that I have written to SEVERAL companies that makes gamepads/controllers, and 8BitDo is actually the first one that actually answered... everyone else just ignored me).
So yeah, even though this video is a commercial for DHL - i still believe that most people will see it as something else.
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Re: This New 8BitDo Controller Was Designed By And For Children With Limited Mobility
Hello,
I'm Oskars dad and I just wanted to pass my gratitude towards the whole 8BitDo team making this possible!
I also wanted to write that we, neither me nor 8BitDo, had any idea that DHL wanted to make a story about this together with BBC. It wasn't until we had tried like 3 to 4 prototypes they reached out.
I wrote to 8BitDo in May last year and actually received the first prototype of the gamepad within a month.. Really impressive tbh!... It wasn't until after the summer I believe that DHL got word of this project and they decided that they wanted to make a story about it as they were really moved by the true story.
8BitDo was really humble and asked if this was something me and Oskar was OK with - and that it was totally OK if we didn't want to do it.
But we instantly felt that it was a win win win win situation. I got the opportunity raise awareness about SMA, we can hopefully reach out to a lot of people with the same "situation" as my son, and hopefully also inspire other companies in the gaming world making more accessible gadgets available!
And I thought it would be an appropriate "thank you" towards 8BitDo for actually making this gamepad for my son – free of charge. Just the thought of them actually helping me and my son, two strangers from Sweden, it's so ... can't even find the right word for it.. I just love these guys! (I can also add that I have written to SEVERAL companies that makes gamepads/controllers, and 8BitDo is actually the first one that actually answered... everyone else just ignored me).
So yeah, even though this video is a commercial for DHL - i still believe that most people will see it as something else.